Fort Fairfield High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Fort Fairfield, ME)

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NORTHERN LIGHT Editorial liast year the Fort Fairfield High School rcsumed the task of publishing the Northern Light after nine years of idleness. The editorial board, With the aid of the faculty, did an excellent piece of work in publishing this paper. That it was greatly appreciated by the students and the townspeople is shown by the large number of copies which were sold. We hope that our paper may be as successful this year. lt is hoped that i11 the near future the Fort Fairlield High School will have its own printing press. ln this Way We should be able to publish, not only an annual, but a monthly paper. lf this were done, the work of the students could receive much more attention. There would be an opportunity for the par- ents to read more stories, essays, and poems Writtelt by the children. The cost of publication also Would be greatly de- creased, as the work of printing would be done by the students. It would not be necessary to rely as much on the merchants for advertisements. Invitations, programs, etc., could be printed at less expense. As Mr. Crouse, a member of our faculty, has had experience in operating a printing press, another teacher would not be necessary to superintend this work . With the installation of this press, anyone Who wished to learn printing could do so. This Would be verv valuable experience for those who plan to do this kind of work when they finish school. Some of the prominent High Schools which have successfully used this plan are: Portland, Bangor, Rum- ford and Deering. , At this time, we wish to extend our thanks to the towns- people for their Uadsf' which are a great help in financing, our paper. We also wish to thank the teachers for their splen- did co-operation in helping to make this year's Northern Light a success. Hoping that our paper may be as successful as last year's, We present to you the Northern Light of 1928. D. VVebber, '28. 6

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ORTHER LIGHT Published by the Students of the FORT FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Volume xxx May, 1928 Number 1 Vincent F EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Doris Webber ASSOCIATE EDITORS Gertrude Bradley Violet Buxton CLASS NEVVS EDITORS isher Eloise Young Ruth Cohen Ruth COMMERCIAL EDITOR Contance Higgins AGRICULTURAL EDITOR Rommy Haines ART EDITOR Alice Osborne MUSIC EDITOR Muriel Peterson ATHLETIC EDITORS George Haines Cecilia Ayoob ALUMNI EDITOR Hortense Burns EXCHANGE EDITOR Gertrude Harmon JOKE EDITORS Madeline Fay Pauline Harmon Herbert Murphy v Reta Palmer BUSINESS MANAGERS Gordon Johnson I Thomas Findlen Cogswell

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NORTHERN LIGHT LITERATURE Good literature should be one of the most important things in the life of all the people. Efvery man and woman that has scaled the heights of success can read and does read the lead- ing books and studies the important problems of the day. If they did not read, where would they be? No further than some common peddler. That is how they have found a space for themselves in the world where they will be able to remain as long as they live after once achieving this place. Every person, who wishes to do something to help humanity, reads and studies. No one is ever too old to learn. If a man has ally ambition Whatever he will study and he will read every- thing he can ind. We learn when we read and learning is the road to success. He will follow the example of those men who have distinguished themselves above the rest of the world and will hold them as his model. The reading and thinking class of people is the class that brings more knowledge to the world. l Ruth White. '30, THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION In the commercial world the value of a good education is thought of in terms of what it will bring on the market. The net cost of a good educationiis the total amount paid for it. The difference between these two sums in a prosperous busi- ness is called the net gain. These thoughts are suggested by the title: The Value of an Educationf' The net gain of an education is not so easy to reckon, although men with a genius for computation have given us figures to show its actual value in dollars and cents. If money were the only measure of success, we might look no farther for the value of an education. The results, however, do not stop at increased power for money-making, desirable as that may beg they lend color to almost every act of life. Who can measure the value to him- self of the ability to appreciate good literature and good music, of a knowledge of foreign languages, of an understanding of higher mathematics, of an insight into the mysteries of science, of the ability to explore other fields of learning? Much of the legitimate joy of living comes from activities outside the sphere of one's regular work. Much of the benefit to society which a man may render comes from services that are not demanded of him by the 7